You crying about manufactured outrage is pretty hollow when you're out here manufacturing controversy yourself.
Ludwig used Tiltify, which was baked into his StreamElements. He didn't collect the donations himself.
How does Tiltify work, you ask?
Moreover, look at this thing you said happened for AGDQ but not Ludwig's tournament.
Maybe you should have looked any of this up before accusing someone of stealing $260K from kids in hospitals. For the record, the burden of proof is on the accuser, not the accused. Nothing you've said has been in good faith. You don't actually care about the charities getting their money, which is ironic since that was the original claim you backed about the Melee community. Thanks for making it perfectly clear that you're just looking for reasons to hate whether or not they're based in reality.
Here's a different link that explains how Tiltify works as opposed to an FAQ question related to donation fees. Check this part out specifically: "All donations are at your own risk. Please make sure that when you make a Contribution you understand the Cause you donate to, who the Cause Owner is, and how your Contribution will be used. When making a Contribution, only donate to those Causes you feel comfortable donating to or otherwise know and trust. Tiltify does not control what any Cause does with Contributions, and Tiltify does not and cannot warrant or represent the actual purpose to which any Contribution will be used by the recipient Cause."
Tiltify is a third party company that facilitates donations through their platform. They don't make any effort on their own to research any of the groups, the only requirement placed on the charity is that they prove they have 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Third party middlemen are playing a growing role in the ~300 billion dollars in donations that are given to charity each year, but that doesn't mean they always get it
right. I can't find a rating for Games For Love, through
multiple watchdog organizations, which is something of a yellow flag. I did find this
IRS listing in which you can see that they have evidently never handled donation amounts totaling over $25,000, though, which is another yellow flag for me in that there are trusted and vetted
high profile charities that have handled large sums of money before that could have been safely used while knowing that they could effectively utilize such a large sum of money. This is relatively minor in comparison to these other yellow flags, but you can throw in the
Twitter account of Games for Love being unverified as well.
I'm glad you were able to link me to the tweet of the organization thanking Ludwig, it's really an exemplar of how this should go - a question is asked and then answered - but unfortunately you're more fixated on trying to turn a basic form of diligence that the community should be doing as a matter of course into an accusation. I stated specifically that I haven't seen any proof of charitable donations, which is something that is required to be provided to the donor and is typically shown, even if performatively. What I have seen, however, is a lot of outrage that is being used to multiple ends, including but not limited to a great deal of publicity being given to community leaders that has resulted in an increase in the prize pool for these events. such as the Splatoon 2 tournament with its
$25,000 prize pool and the LACS 2 prize pool of
~$15,000 jumping to
$25,002 for LACS 3.
There has been a clear cycle of utilizing outrage to fuel engagement for these events and the community at large over the last decade and a half. You may find it cynical but for many people the good faith that has been given to the Smash community over the last decade and a half has long since run dry. There's a credibility and credulity problem that needs to be addressed but unfortunately whenever this gets brought up the community closes ranks, with the most recent development in this trend being the utilization of charities as a shield to deflect and dismiss.
